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. UNITED STATES PATENT Orricn.

JAMES A. vALLENrINE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FAUCET ATTACHMENT AND BUS H.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N: 224,057, dated February 3, 1880.

' Application filed April 25, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES A. VALLENTINE, of New York city, New York, have invented an'lmproved Faucet Attachment and Bush,

of which the following is a specification.

The object of myinventionis to improve the construction of faucet attachments and bushes to be used in barrels orcasks containing liquors of any kind; and the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully described hereinafter, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon.

Like letters refer to like parts in the figures.

In the drawings, Figure ,1 is a longitudinal vertical section of the faucet attachment and bush. Fig.2 is a side view of the key for operatin g the same. Fig. 3 is a section and front view of the plug for closing thevalve when the faucet is removed. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section and end View 'of the valve and bush.

Fig. 5 is a vertical s'ction of the valve and faucet detached from each other.

In the drawings, A represents a barrel-bush, provided with a screw, E, for screwing it into the barrel; or it may be made smooth on its outer surface for driving it into the barrel. This bush is provided with a screw-thread on its inner end, into which the valve D fits.

The valve has a hole, d, in it, which forms a continuous channel, through which the liquors pass when the faucet is opened. The inner end of the valve is reduced in size, and over the reduced end the fau cet K fits, and by abutting against the end of the valve a perfectlytight joint is formed, so that there can be no leakage, and the twothus form a continuous channel.

The exterior screw, G, fits theinterior screw at the rear end of the biish, and forms a close plug when turned into position in opening the valve, as shown in Fig. 1.

When it is desired to remove the faucet a screw-plug, a,.is inserted into the outer threaded end of the bush, and said bush is operated by a key, Gfhaving its end H tapered, which fits into the recesses I 1, Fig. 4, and can be thus secured or removed.

The bush A is recessed, as shown at b, so as to reduce the length of screw-thread, although this might extend the outer end.

The operation is as follows: The plug A, with thevalve D, is first screwed or. driven into the barrel'fand the faucet is then screwed placed when worn out or repaired when broken,

and the device can be furnished at a very small cost.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. The combination of the bush A with the valve D and faucet K, provided with an interior and exterior thread for attachment to the valve D and bush A, when arranged substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination of the bush A, provided with exterior and interior threads, with the valve D, having a reduced threaded end, upon which the inner threaded end of the faucet K fits for operating the valve, as shown and described.

3. The combination of the faucet K, provided with interior and exterior threads, with the valve D, having a reduced threaded end for attachment to the faucet, and the enlarged threaded end for securing it to the bush A, all constructed and arranged substantially as shown and specified.

JAMES A. VALLENTINE.

Witnesses:

GEORGE P. OSBORNE,

J os. O. PINoKNEY. 

